Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 05-08-04

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CONTENTS

[01] Anorthosis returns to a hero's welcome

[02] US Congressman submits resolution urging Turkey to recognise Cyprus

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

[04] Commission announces decision to open new crossing points in Cyprus

[05] Weather forecast for Cyprus

[06] Political leadership congratulates Anorthosis

[07] Spokesman: Many voices calling for Cyprus recognition by Turkey

[08] Átlantis expedition reveals man-made structures off coast of Cyprus

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

[10] Cyprus Airways among best European airlines

[11] Consumer Price Index drops in July 2005

[01] Anorthosis returns to a hero's welcome

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Anorthosis returns to a hero's welcome

Larnaca, Aug 4 (CNA) -- Anorthosis Famagusta, the Cypriot football team that secured a place last night in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League by knocking out a Turkish team, returned home in the early hours of Thursday to an unprecedented hero's welcome.

Thousands of fans, supporters of Anorthosis and other Cyprus football clubs, were at Larnaca airport to welcome the players, their player coach Timour Ketsbaia, board members and about 100 fans who had travelled with the team to Turkey, for the match against Trabzonspor.

The Turkish team won the match by 1-0 but Anorthosis was the team to qualify because of its 3-1 win in the first leg in Nicosia last week.

''We are delighted, we are very proud to have qualified for the next round of the Champions League. We have made a lot of people very happy,'' Andreas Panteli, chairman of Anorthosis said on arrival at Larnaca airport, where fire engines formed an arch as they sprayed the aircraft that carried the team back to Cyprus.

Anorthosis was faced with a hostile climate in Turkey created by Trabzonspor fans who viewed victory against the Cypriot team as a ''national cause''.

The ''Huseyin Avni Aker'' stadium was full to capacity with Turkish fans, waving flags of Turkey but also of the breakaway ''state'' proclaimed in the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus.

This was the first time a Cypriot football team had played against a Turkish team, since Turkey's invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Ankara does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus and Anorthosis was forced to fly to Trabzon via Damascus because Turkey does not allow direct flights from the Republic.

''Today we are celebrating, tomorrow we get back to work for our next qualifying match against Glasgow Rangers,'' Panteli said.

Ketsbaia said this was a very important victory and thanked everybody for their support.

''We are very happy. The players believed they could make it, here and in Turkey, and they have,'' he said.

Goalkeeper Antonis Georgallides thanked all the fans who welcomed Anorthosis at Larnaca airport at 4.30 this morning.

He said this was ''a historic day'' for Anorthosis, which will be remembered by all football fans in Cyprus.

The triumphant team was met at the airport by Famagusta Mayor Yiannakis Skordis, thousands of fans, and airport employees.

Celebrations throughout Cyprus began immediately after the end of the game and continued until the early hours of the morning. The achievement of Anorthosis is hailed with banner headlines on the front pages of today's dailies.

[02] US Congressman submits resolution urging Turkey to recognise Cyprus

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US Congressman submits resolution urging Turkey to recognise Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- New Jersey Democratic Congressman Robert Menendez has submitted a resolution to the US Congress calling on Turkey to fully recognize all European Union members, including Cyprus.

The resolution, supported by ten members of Congress both from the Democratic and the Republican Party, calls for the removal of Turkish occupation forces from the northern third of Cyprus in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 353 and says that Turkey should recognize the fundamental rights of all Cypriots with respect to the right to own property, the right of free movement, the right of free settlement and the right of return for refugees.

[03] Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

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Weather and Temperatures for Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) - Today's weather and temperatures for Cyprus,
according to the Meteorological Service at Larnaca International
Airport are:

Temperatures (degrees Celcius)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Station               Maximum     Minimum       Weather
(At 1200 UTC)
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Nicosia                 38          24          FINE
Larnaca                 33          23          FINE
Limassol                24          32          FAIR
Paphos                  31          24          FAIR
---------------------------------------------------------------

[04] Commission announces decision to open new crossing points in Cyprus

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Commission announces decision to open new crossing points in Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The European Commission announced today a decision on the opening of three new crossing points in Cyprus, divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.

A European Commission press release said ''the list of crossing points at which persons and goods may cross the line has been extended so as to include three additional crossing points in the western part of the island in Kokkina and Kato Pyrgos.''

These crossing points are Kato Pyrgos - Karavostasi, Kato Pyrgos - Kokkina and Kokkina - Pachyammos.

[05] Weather forecast for Cyprus

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Weather forecast for Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The Meteorological Office at Larnaca International Airport has issued the following weather forecast for Cyprus:

Friday and Saturday: 05/08/2005 to 06/08/2005

The weather will be mainly fine with temporal cloud. Mist patches and low cloud are likely overnight. wind will be gentle to moderate southwest to west 3 to 4BF, locally 5BF, during daytime and light to gentle northwest to northeast 2 to 3BF during nightime. State of sea will be slight. Minimum temperature wil range between 19-23C and maximum temperature between 27-38C.

Outlook for Sunday and Monday: 07/08/2005 to 08/08/2005

Mainly fine weather with some local cloud. Temperature will decrease slightly.

Sea temperature: 26C.

[06] Political leadership congratulates Anorthosis

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Political leadership congratulates Anorthosis

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The political leadership on the island congratulated Cypriot refugee football club Anorthosis of Turkish-occupied Famagusta for advancing to the Champions League third qualifying round, after disqualifying last night Turkish Trabzonspor in the first meeting of Turkish and Cypriot football clubs on European level ever.

[07] Spokesman: Many voices calling for Cyprus recognition by Turkey

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Spokesman: Many voices calling for Cyprus recognition by Turkey

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) Cypriot Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides has said today that positions such as those expressed by the German Christian Democrats for Turkey to recognise Cyprus before starting accession negotiations are not the only ones made on the issue.

German Friedbert Pfluger, foreign affairs spokesman for the parliamentary faction of the Christian Democrats said Turkey must recognise Cyprus before beginning accession negotiations with the EU on 3rd of October.

[08] Átlantis expedition reveals man-made structures off coast of Cyprus

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Átlantis expedition reveals man-made structures off coast of Cyprus

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) The sonar scans of manmade structures one mile below water off the southeast coast of Cyprus were presented here Thursday by Robert Sarmast, head of the Cyprus/Atlantis Expedition project for the first time.

Announcing the results of last years expedition to find one of humankinds greatest mysteries, the legendary Atlantis, Sarmast presented three dimension underwater side-scan sonar pictures of structures 1.5 km below sea level, 80 km off the southeast coast of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean.

[09] Cyprus Stock Exchange

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Cyprus Stock Exchange
Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) All Share
Index closed at today's stock exchange meeting as follows:

INDICES BASE VALUES: FTSEMed=5000, OTHERS=1000

TRADED VALUE                       269.814,06

GSE GENERAL INDEX                       85,12    -0,08    259.897,50
FTSE/CySE 20                           410,00     0,19    214.991,16
MAIN MARKET INDEX                    1.228,00     0,19    212.707,73
PARALLEL MARKET INDEX                  970,69     0,67      4.118,48
INVESTMENT COMPANIES MARKET INDEX      952,50     0,15     19.446,65
MAIN AND PARALLEL MARKETS INDEX      1.218,33     0,20    216.826,32
BANKS INDEX                          1.260,19     0,13    190.586,80
HOTELS INDEX                         1.060,73     1,59      4.751,78
ALTERNATIVE MARKET INDEX               938,89    -0,47     26.373,29
FTSE Med (3/8/2005)                  8.206,85     0,21

* The second column presents the percentage variation of the indices
as compared to the last meeting.

[10] Cyprus Airways among best European airlines

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Cyprus Airways among best European airlines

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) - Cyprus Airways is seventh among the 27 best airlines of Europe in the important sectors of flights departing on time and the smooth flow of luggage and passengers.

According to the results of the second quarter of 2005, as they have been announced by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), members of which are the largest airlines of Europe, Cyprus Airways is among the first companies in sticking to their flights timetable.

[11] Consumer Price Index drops in July 2005

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Consumer Price Index drops in July 2005

Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) - The Consumer Price Index for July 2005 decreased by 0.85 units or 0.70% to 119.74 units compared to 120.59 in June 2005.

According to an official press release, this is mainly due to decreases in the prices of clothing, footwear and household utensils due to summer sales discounts as well as to decreases in the prices of telephone rates.

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